HARTFORD, Conn. - Sophomore Tiffany Stowers (Burke, Va.) went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs at the plate and tossed a complete game in the circle to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Colby College Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division softball action this afternoon.  The Bantams, which won the three-game series opener, 5-2, yesterday but lost the second game today, 14-0, in five innings, earn second place in the NESCAC East with today's victory.  Trinity closes the regular season at 18-13 overall and 8-4 in the division, while the Mules drop to 19-14 overall and 7-5 in the division heading into next weekend's NESCAC Championship Tournament at Tufts.

Trinity jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one, First-year SS Taylor Mikolajczak (John's Creek, Ga.) led off with a walk, stole second, and scored on a sacrifice fly by classmate Erin Steed (Orland Park, Ill.).  Sophomore 1B Kennedy Rogers (Pomona, Calif.) doubled later in the inning to start a two-out rally.  She scored on a single by sophomore 2B Gianna Tito (East Hanover, N.J.) who then scored herself on Stowers hit.  The Bantams tacked on three more runs in the third frame thanks to a two-run double by Stowers and a two-out, run-scoring single by first-year OF Hannah Mullaney (Hebron, Conn.), but Colby pitcher Sam Ahlholm kept the home team off the board the rest of the way.  Colby chipped away with two unearned runs in the fifth and scored three runs on a walk, three singles, and a double before Stowers retired the last out on a grounder.  Rogers and Tito both had two hits for the Trinity offense, while Amanda Cabral and Katelyn Hays did the same for the Mules.  Stowers scattered eight hits and struck out three to improve to 6-6.  Ahlholm gave up nine hits and fell to 9-4.  In the second game, Colby pounded 15 hits and scored in each of the first four innings against three Trinity pitchers.  Mule sophomore Abby Orso doubled, homered, and tossed a two-hit shutout with five strikeouts for the Mules.  Rogers and Tito had Trinity hits and senior RHP Jordan Stephan (South Orange, N.J.) fell to 10-6 in the circle for Trinity.